MI6 spies and SAS troops among UK nationals’ details in Afghan data leak
More than 100 British officials reportedly affected in 2022 Ministry of Defence data breach that surfaced a year later on Facebook
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Afghan data leak: Panic, a press gag and a secret relocation scheme
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Reporting restrictions lifted on secret UK Afghan immigration scheme
‘Super-injunction’ lifted two years after 25,000 were placed at risk of Taliban reprisals
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women
Taliban has clamped down on women’s rights in Afghanistan since its return to power in 2021
Family reunification delays having ‘devastating’ impact on refugee families
Afghan family awaiting decision on parent hiding in Pakistan live ‘every day with instability and fear’
Jess Murphy: ‘Everybody’s equal in my kitchen – whether you wash dishes or cook on an open fire grill’
The Kai restaurant chef-proprietor says appreciation of food is the easiest way to overcome cultural barriers
Minister’s failure to consider Taliban threat leads to judge overturning refusal to permit Afghan man to bring his family here
Young man’s subsidiary protection status here also not properly considered, High Court rules
Russia suspends ban on Taliban
Move paves way for Moscow to normalise ties with the leadership of Afghanistan
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for two Afghan Taliban leaders
Karim Khan cites grounds to believe Taliban supreme leader and chief justice criminally responsible for persecution of women and girls
Pakistan’s bet on Taliban backfires as violence surges
Islamabad endures deadliest year in almost a decade following escalation in terror attacks
‘This is all coming to an end’: The once booming drug town going bust under Taliban rule
After the war, the Taliban cleared Afghanistan of poppy and other illicit drugs. But with poppy now banned, the farmers who once supported them feel betrayed, and the regime struggles to govern without the money it provided
Afghan student nurses crushed as Taliban blocks last hope of jobs
Students say closures nursing and midwifery schools will worsen women’s healthcare
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Afghanistan to be taken to International Court of Justice over approach to women’s rights
Women are prohibited from speaking in public or showing their faces outside their home
‘Ghosts in our own country’: Afghan women voice horror at Taliban law banning them from speaking outside the home
Women and girls are now forbidden even from calling out for a taxi, and they feel abandoned by the outside world
‘I love Ireland. Ireland is 100% different to back home. It’s peace, calm’
Qareeb Urrahman came to Ireland from Afghanistan in 2021
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Taliban ban on hearing women’s voices gives ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, says UN official
Taliban’s first formal legislation since returning to power three years ago covers every aspect of Afghan life
Three years ago Afghanistan fell to the Taliban and we had to flee the country we loved
It’s been a particularly dark time for Afghan media with more than 80 per cent of women journalists stopping work by the end of last year
Three years on: ‘I am impatiently waiting for the Taliban to be destroyed, I want to return to my homeland’
To mark three years since the Islamist group regained control of Afghanistan, women who have fled the country are highlighting the continued oppression and violence against women
Hundreds of cases of femicide recorded in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover
Figures just ‘the tip of the iceberg’, new data suggests
‘It was like breathing again’: Afghans find new life in Ireland, three years on from Taliban’s takeover
The Afghan Admission Programme allows Afghan nationals residing in Ireland since before September 1st, 2021, to apply for residency on behalf of up to four close family members. As of July this year, the programme has benefitted 896 individuals
‘Eight times we have changed the place and times of the school’: Afghan women defying the Taliban education ban
Despite three years of severe restrictions on women, education activists remain dedicated to providing covert educational opportunities for girls across the country
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Ireland joins international criticism of exclusion of Afghan women from UN-Taliban talks
‘Silent diplomacy will only embolden the Taliban’, says Dublin-based Afghan journalist and film-maker
Britain should not fear ‘an honest approach’ to past sins, says historian
Mistakes in dealing with terrorism in Northern Ireland are being repeated elsewhere, argues Prof Richard English in a new book
Taliban’s return has made Afghanistan a hub for global jihadis
Analysts say Isis-K — a group blamed for the recent Moscow concert hall attack — gained strength after the US withdrawal
Taliban says Afghanistan the ‘best place for tourists now’
Many countries, including Ireland, advise against travel to the impoverished region
Afghan women and girls use online resources to evade government ban on female education
The Taliban say the restrictions are justified by their conservative interpretation of Islamic law. Unicef, the UN children’s fund, estimates the ban has affected more than 1mn girls
Myanmar is now world’s largest source of opium, UN says
Cultivation in Afghanistan dropped 95% after ban by Taliban in 2022
Pakistan steps up Afghan expulsions despite international criticism
Order to expand border facilities could double flow of migrants being forced to return to Taliban-ruled neighbour
Pakistan starts rounding up undocumented foreigners, mostly Afghans, ahead of deadline
Deadline passes for undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan
Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7m
Islamabad’s threat has torn families apart and pushed even Afghans with valid papers to leave
Another earthquake hits western Afghanistan as official warns of ‘huge losses’
Disaster follows a series of deadly quakes over the weekend which left more than 2,000 dead and entire villages flattened
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